# Lightdash

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/lightdash

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.lightdash.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $16M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 1, 2024)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Founded in 2021 and based in California, US, Telescope Technologies Inc., doing business as Lightdash operates as a provider of a platform for an open-source tool that enables businesses to visualize their dbt projects and store all their business logic in dbt. In October 2022, Telescope Technologies Inc. raised USD 8.4 million in Seed funding led by new investor Accel, with participation from other new investors Moonfire Ventures and Y Combinator. In October 2024, Lightdash raised USD 11 million in venture funding led by Accel, with participation from Moonfire Ventures, Operator Partners, Shopify Inc., and Y Combinator.

The company provides an open-source coding environment that can convert a dbt project into a full-stack BI platform (Business Intelligence). Customers can utilize the company's platform to create charts and dashboards, as well as share crucial Key performance metrics (KPIs) with colleagues. Furthermore, it provides an analytics platform based on SQL and an intuitive user interface that integrates with various tools and services such as Google Big Query, SnowFlake, Databrics, PostgreSQL, etc that can be shared to allow more users to interact and collaborate.

The firm offers self-hosted services for free and charges USD 400/month for Lightdash Cloud and prices for Enterprise are quoted on request.

The company intends to use the October 2022 funding to enhance the features of its platform and for the expansion of manpower.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 1, 2024, $10M — Accel, Shopify Inc., Y Combinator, Moonfire, Operator Partners
- Seed, Oct 3, 2022, $6M — Accel, Y Combinator, Moonfire

## Investors

- Accel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel) — Seed, Series A
- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Seed, Series A
- Moonfire (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/moonfire) — Seed, Series A
- Shopify Inc. — Series A
- Operator Partners — Series A